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Apr 06, 2011

Chandra rated it:

"Kindred spirits are not so scarce as I used to think. It's splendid to find out there are so many of them in the world."

My wish is that everyone on the planet has a book like this in their lives – a book you can read over and over again, a book that makes you feel instantly comforted and that each reading reveals something new. After taking on this project – to read all of Montgomery’s work – I began to get nervous. There were some duds to get through (Mistress Pat, Kilmeny of the Orchard More...

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Jan 22, 2012

Lora rated it:

Anne of Green Gables is the story of a young orphaned girl named, you guessed it, Anne. Born in Nova Scotia only to lose both of her parents from the fever at the age of three months, Anne has grown up in many households, never being able to stay in one place for long. As you can imagine, this has left young Anne feeling needy and unwanted.
And when siblings Marilla and Matthew decide to adopt a boy to help work on their farm, they never expect to get a girl instead. Naturally, their first More...

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Apr 06, 2011

Sylvia rated it:

Kisah yang benar-benar inspiratif. Saya benar-benar kagum pada penulisnya. Membutuhkan imajinasi yang tinggi untuk bisa menciptakan tokoh dengan karakter yang memiliki daya hayal luar biasa plus kata-kata 'canggih' nya. Anne (dengan akhiran 'e' tentu saja) benar-benar telah membuat saya jatuh cinta dengan keceriaannya, keterbukaannya, kejujurannya, dan aksi nya yang selalu berani bahkan sering menantang bahaya.

Dan seperti juga Miss Barry tua yang senang menyimak kata bijak yang kelua More...

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Apr 06, 2011

HappyHippo rated it:

Abis baca buku iseng-iseng baca review orang laen dan jadi kaget sendiri karena dari friendlist gw cuman ada satu laki-laki aja yang udah baca buku ini *aki-aki bule veteran PD II kelahiran tahun 30an lage* Wah, iseng lagi mriksa tiga halaman orang2 yang ngasi review, cuman nemu satu laki-laki (bule lagi). Sempat terlintas dikepala.. Halah, jangan-jangan gw baca chicklit lage neh.. hehehe, bodo ah, yang penting gue suka buku ini.

jadi begini ceritanya...
Anne itu anak perempuan y More...

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Apr 06, 2011

Nielam rated it:

aku mau menenangkan diri gara2 gempa dulu yaaa...masih pusing nih kepalanya,jadi reviewnya menyusul.

intinya...syeeediiiiiiiiiiiih!!!

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ah, hatiku tergetar membaca cerita tentang si gadis wortel ini *woops*
apakah kau suka berimajinasi? aku tak bisa membayangkan seseorang yang sama sekali tak mempunyai ruang untuk imajinasinya. seharusnya setiap orang menyisihkan sedikit waktu luangnya untuk duduk termenung di depan kaca jendel More...

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Apr 06, 2011

Weni rated it:

Marilla dan Matthew Cuthbert ingin mengadopsi anak laki2 untuk mengurus rumah yang mereka sebut Green Gables, di desa Avonlea. Matthew tak kuasa menolak ketika kekeliruan terjadi. Yang datang bukanlah anak laki2 melainkan seorang gadis yatim piatu berambut merah bernama Anne Shirley. Marilla yang awalnya bertekad mengembalikan Anne ke panti asuhan akhirnya luluh dan menyetujui rencana Matthew untuk mengadopsi gadis itu.

Anne digambarkan sebagai gadis yang ekspresif dan sangat imajinat More...

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Apr 27, 2008

Samantha rated it:

Ive decided that instead of reviewing this book, I will copy my favorite passages....passages that capture what I love about the book.....
Page 180 describes Anne perfectly, "The downfall of some dear hope or plan plunged Anne into "deeps of affliction." The fulfilment thereof exalted her to dizzy realms of delight."
I love the way Anne thinks...I love the way she jumps from thing to thing in a frenzy of thoughts.....

Page 44 the chapter begins..."D More...

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Feb 27, 2009

Shannon rated it:

I don't often give books five stars and as I neared the end of this book, I gave some thought to how many stars this book deserved. I've read the Anne of Green Gables series once before - over twenty years ago. In spite of the amount of time that has elapsed, I clearly recall reading the last book in the series very slowly and thinking to myself, "I will be so sad to not be able to read about Anne anymore." When I picked up this book a few days ago to re-read it, I found within a fe More...

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Apr 06, 2011

Endah rated it:

Bukankah menakjubkan jika ada sebuah buku yang diterbitkan seabad silam masih memesona dibaca hari ini? Bukankah itu berarti buku tersebut telah berhasil melampaui ujian waktu? Rasanya karya tersebut sangat pantas disebut karya yang abadi, terus hidup jauh melebihi usia penulisnya. Jika saya harus menyebut salah satu buku seperti itu, maka itu adalah Anne of Green Gables karya pengarang Kanada, Lucy Maud Montgomery yang diterbitkan pertama kali pada 1908.

Konon, sejak penerbitan perta More...

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Sep 24, 2008

Tiffany rated it:

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Oct 29, 2011

Leanne rated it:

Oh, how I love thee Anne.

Your character made this book brilliant.

I adored you and wanted to be best friends with you when I was a child.

We were so similar... getting in trouble by accident, making mistakes, saying whatever came to our minds, whenever we want.

Both precocious, vain, proud, with a knack for words and an imagination that wraps around the entire universe.

Lover of books, aspiring authors...

N

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Feb 12, 2009

Kanti rated it:

Bambumuda: Mata Hijau dan Sang Pangeran

Anne si Rambut Merah, obsesi nasional Jepang
Hampir tidak ada orang Jepang yang tidak kenal Anne of Green Gables. "Anne" ditulis pada awal abad 20 sebelum perang dunia I, mengambil masa penuh kedamaian dan kepolosan di pulau Prince Edward di Kanada, di sebuah lahan pertanian di Cavendish. Banyak orang Jepang yang menggemari cerita ini, sampai bela-belain nikahan di sana!!!
Video dokumenter CBC, kegilaan fans Jepang terhada More...

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Jan 16, 2012

Stephanie rated it:

I don't get why everyone keeps going on about Gilbert Blythe when he's hardly in this book. To my disappointment it's all Anne's fault and her obstinate efforts to remain a grudge holder for 5 years. Five years she held a grudge for him for calling her "carrots", even thought he immediately apologized and sucked up for two years; and yet, Josie Pye has done worse 10x over and Anne remained cordial with her. I don't get it.

As an Adult this rambling is rather immature and I More...

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Apr 06, 2011

Jimmy rated it:

Wahh..bingung mau nulis apa tentang buku ini, keren banget!!!
Ini sajalah...

Namaku Anne Shirley
Panggil aku Anne, ya…Anne, pake “e”
Sebenarnya aku ingin dipanggil dengan nama Cordelia
Terdengar lebih romantis kan?
Oh tidak, aku tidak malu dengan namaku sendiri
Hanya saja, aku sangat menyukai hal-hal yang romantis

Aku anak yatim piatu yang miskin
Tapi aku merasa beruntung jadi orang miskin
Ruang imajinasiku jadi sangat luas
Bayan More...

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Apr 06, 2011

Roos rated it:

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Jun 14, 2008

Becky rated it:

Montgomery, L.M. 1908. Anne of Green Gables.

I first 'discovered' Anne Shirley through watching the 1985 and 1987 films by Kevin Sullivan/Wonderworks when they aired on my local PBS station. As far as I'm concerned, these two are the ONLY films that are 'real.' Meaning that the monstrosity of a film released in 2000 doesn't exist at all. It's something that should be avoided at all costs. It is evil, evil, pure evil.

It would have been around sixth or seventh grade (1989-1990 o More...

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May 13, 2008

Franklin rated it:

To be brutally honest, I was disappointed. I found Anne quite often to be annoying and found my self skimming through many of her rambling soliloquies. Many (especially those of the female gender I suppose) may find her apt to talk ad nauseum to be one of her most enduring qualities, I however did not.

I discovered that it was difficult for me to continue reading once the characters had been established, that is I had no motivation to continue reading as there appeared to be no underl More...

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Oct 20, 2008

Jennifer rated it:

I am probably the only adult women in the world who has not read this book so after years of it nagging at me I finally read it. Like everyone else, loved it. It was full of charm. If I would have read this years ago I would not have enjoyed it as much as I just did. I found it soothing at times to read of Marrilla's concern for Anne development and could relate to it so much myself having a bunch of silly little girls in my house. Besides much laughter it gave me much hope for my girls to More...

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Feb 19, 2011

Jinky rated it:

What a delightful book! Reading this truly made me happy. Anne's character was a hoot!! I found myself giggling throughout the book. Her quirkiness was endearing. Her view of life was fascinating. She had the spunk that you can't help but love! She brought the kid out of me and it felt wonderful.

I loved everything about this book. The beautiful setting, the phenomenal cast of characters, the storyline, the ease of read, etc. It also had everything as well ... adventure, fun, More...

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Apr 06, 2011

Citra rated it:

Boo!It's boring as hell! I never finish it. This book hasn't got any conflict at all which for me doesnt worth reading. I wonder why this book (just like To Kill A Mockingbird which is also boring) is in "The best book ever". It's totally ridiculous. I have to read 500 pages just to find out about a little girl's boring flat life. It really wasted my time, and money to buy this book in the first place.

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Apr 06, 2011

JG (The Introverted Reader) rated it:

I thought this book was boring the first time I tried to read it, but I gave it another try a few years later and I loved it. Whenever anyone asks what my favorite book is, this always comes to mind before I realize that I'm probably supposed to give an "adult" book for an answer. The characters are so likeable and all their adventures are believable. I always wished I could be friends with Anne and Diana.

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Dec 17, 2009

Rachel rated it:

In a word: Trite. I know that sounds snobby, but come on. Anne is the epitome of a Mary Sue character. Awh, poor thing, she's too skinny, and her red hair is too unique, and she's just so quirky! Isn't she just the perfect little flawed heroine!? Actually, no. She's obnoxious. Even as a child I couldn't buy in to this garbage.

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Apr 06, 2011

Nikki rated it:

I read this when I was about ten or eleven, and forgot how much I adored it. I've finally got the whole set of the Anne books, so I sat down to reread this one today. It's easy to read, and charming, and more touching than I'd remembered -- I came over all sniffly a couple of times. And I also had a lot of delighted little giggles.

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Feb 12, 2012

Caroline rated it:

What if you sent for a boy to help and got a girl instead? (Not to mention a girl with red hair and a temper to match it!) Well meet Anne!

Anne of Green Gables is a story of an imaginative, eccentric, character living in her first real home, getting into all kinds of scrapes and antics along the way!

Anne's school life has a rough start, and she has one life-long decision: to never forgive Gilbert Blythe for calling her "Carrots." But things get better between them, an epic rescue "poetic More...

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Nov 16, 2010

Sonia rated it:

I loved Anne, really loved her. I have read reviews which say that Anne (spelled with an e !)is silly, vain, hot-tempered. Oh yes, she is all that and much more. Anne is a human being brimming with dreams and most of all ready to enjoy life, not in a jaded fashion, but how it should be enjoyed, she loves every tiny fern, every little flower, even puffed sleeves! Her capacity to enjoy life is amazing. That is what Mathew must have seen when he was taking a skinny, redhead girl 'home' A tempest ha More...

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Mar 29, 2010

Jeslyn rated it:

I don't mean to be a slacker on my other "currently reading" books, but I got sidetracked by Anne - I never read it as a child, and I am loving it as an adult! How does she pack so much living into her days at Green Gables??? Clearly, by scarcely drawing breath when tipping over her head and letting the contents of her imagination and emotions pour out on everyone around her...

The thoughts that L.M. writes for her Anne - too funny! "Oh, I was so nervous, Diana...I felt More...

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Apr 06, 2011

Tiffany rated it:

This book, and all others by L.M. Montgomery, make me want to write. She has the most expressive language in books that I have ever eaten. The words are like lace and frosting and whipped cream on the basic storytelling means. And who could not love her characters? Anne is a pure delight, no-one but the stingiest of cranks could hold a grudge against the girl. She is just too hopeful, too delightful, too full of nothing but the greatest of amibitions. And yet she also has her moments where she i More...

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Apr 06, 2011

treehugger rated it:

This is just one of the very best books of all time. Anne is the quintessential little girl from the beginning of the 20th century, and Avonlea seems like a little Canadian country utopia. It's been my dream since I first read these books and watched the series (religiously) to visit Prince Edward Island, and my re-read has reminded me of that dream!

It's such an uplifting book, and you can't help but love all the characters, especially Anne, and wish that life was as simple as it More...

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Sep 02, 2011

Tee rated it:

My aunt bought me the whole set of Anne of Green Gables when I was about 8 years old, starting me on (what I think) was a fairly good diet of reading material for a child. Mum used to buy me other Montgomery books as a treat and boy, did I treasure them ('Emily of New Moon' particularly). I should mention that my parents were devout religious folk, so being allowed to read anything at all was always thrilling.

I do remember breaking out 'Cujo' and 'It' by Stephen King when I was about 1 More...

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Apr 06, 2011

indri rated it:

Kekonyolan Anna :
Memberi Diana Barry anggur tiga gelas penuh, karena menyangka itu jus rasperry, membuat kue rasa minyak angin, karena mengira itu botol isi vanilla, memberi nama hutan berhantu, namun akhirnya ketakutan sendiri, berbaring di tengah sekoci yang akhirnya tenggelam namun ia sempat bergelantungan menyelamatkan diri di tiang dermaga, berjalan di atap rumah Diana, karena tantangan temannya, lalu jatuh hingga pergelangan kakinya patah..
Kekurangan Anna :
Tidak bisa mena More...

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